The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-03
Labor and Industrial Notes.

The value of the cotton goods produced
throughout the world is estimated at 81. $50 600,
000
There will be national convention of house
painters and decorators on March Is, at Balti-
more.
American silks are making their way, and
silk culture is being stimulated all over the
country
The representatives of the miners are well
pleased with the results of the recent Pittsburg
convention
Some of the New England c otton goods man
ufacturers are feeling the pressure of Georgia
competition.
An American exhibition Of American products
suitable for Germany will be beld at Mannheim,
Germany, next July.
The new bridge at Cincinnati will consist of
three spans Of 500 feet each, and will contain
10, 600 tons of iron and steel.
The machinery constructors have been granted
national trades charter, and will comprise
boiler makers pattern makers, blacksmiths and
other branches.
The Chicago lumber merchants have received
nearly double the quantity of lumber this year
than last. Large quantities of Canadian lum-
Der will be imported.
There are nearly $50 New York journeyme en-
plumbers receiving strike benefits, and they
have been out six months. The apprenticeship
question is the trouble.
AS 4 result of the recent New York strikes
over 5000 Knights and unionsts still idle.
The criticism made on them is that they should
have had wiser leaders
Notwithstanding the high perfection which
the German cotton spinning industry has
reached, a large number of spinners have kept
their plants in operation at loss.
The Pittsburg brick-layers have agreed to work
nine hours. The puddlers all discussing the
changes to be made in the July scale Of wages.
Pittsburg will soon have 9S3 pudding furnaces
in operation
The Harmony Mills, at Cohoes. N. Y, run
more looms than all the mills in the State of
Georgia. Cotton manufactures are to be built
at Charlotte, N. c., at Tuscaloosa, Ala, and
Columbus, Miss.
Chattanooea is full of idle carpenters brought
there by fraudulent advertisements Two
| Thousand painters Of Chicago have decided to
| work eight hours only after March L. and not to
| work with non union men.
Philadelphia firm has just closed the largest
| single blast-furnace contract in Alabama tina,
| has ever been made in America, and work will
| be begun at once. 1t will take nearly q year
and half to complete the entire work.
Wages have been advanced at six places in
| Pennsylvania within the past few days-in Clear
| field 5 cents per ton, at Allentown 10 cents pei
I ten, in the Lehigh county ore mines 10 cents pei
ton. and Lehigh blast furnaces 10 per cent.
An Akron. O., firm shipped belt 1l2 fee
| long by 80 inches wide to Birmingham, Ala.
over 100 feet long. A Is. 000-pound roll has jus
been made for Boston concern at Bridgewater
Mass.
Arbitration methods will be adopted in Ohi
| and other States. Omaha is establishing a cen
| trail labor union. There are sixteen assemble
in that State. The master builders of Bay City
| Mich, are sending to Canada and Easter,
cities for ship carpenters.
The output Of gold and silver is increasing
The production OF iron ore will be increased 8
per cent this year rs against 1885, and the gen
eral demand for machinery will exceed that o
any former year. Wages have been very low
but an advance is regarded as probable
The Knights of Labor movement is progress
ing steadily in the Southern States. Richmon
alone has twenty-six local assemblies whic
meet every week, besides two district assemble
which meet twice month. There are more al
semblies being organized at the present time j
the Southern States than in any other section {
the country.
One of the features Of the labor movemer
during the past five years has been the remov,
, of manufacturing concerns from the cities
Massachusetts, to small towns in Name and Ne
: Hampshire. Lynn Brockton and Haverhill al
. all losing, while the small country towns al
, gaining In Lynn about 3. 600 persons have cor
, away. Rents in the country are cheaper. wag.
!, | and living lower These advantages overbalant
freight, interest and travel
At no time have as many manufacturing o.
? terprises been projected as at this time: the
cover almost every branch of manufacturin
Eectric-light enterprises are springine up by Il
: score. Material for water works and gas-worl
a and pipe material of all kinds 10 in very acti,
Q demand. Several new fire brick works arc to
o started this season. Several brick yards are
0 be started in the larger cities between Bosts
y ] and Chicago TO meet tho expected heavy deman